THE hearing into the tot's death was told officials were convinced his mum Kimberley was 'responsible and caring'.

A SOCIAL worker yesterday defended the decision to class tragic baby Declan Hainey as being at “a low risk” of harm.

Declan’s mummified body was found in his filthy cot in March 2010, eight months after he was last seen alive.

Mum Kimberley was jailed for life for murdering him through neglect but freed on appeal because of concerns over expert evidence.

Helen Morley, a social work team leader at Renfrewshire Council, told a fatal accident inquiry she and her colleagues had no information to justify classing Declan as at high risk or taking him away from his mother.

She said Hainey, of Paisley, had addressed her drug and mental health issues before her son was born.

Morley added: “That suggested she knew she had to sort herself out to care for the baby.

“Some mothers don’t bond with their baby but Kim – Miss Hainey – did. She was a responsible, caring mother. There was nothing that caused any of us any concern at all.”